Quotes About Authority

The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

I have five questions that I ask people who have power, and I recommend them to the House. If I see someone who is powerful, be it a traffic warden, Rupert Murdoch, the head of a trade union or a Member of Parliament, I ask myself these five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How can we get rid of you?" That last question is crucial.

What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you

I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

In the course of my life I have developed five little democratic questions. If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?" If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.

Well, America is never a laughingstock because it's too powerful for that. But people do want clarity and consistency.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

It has nothing to do with whether you like God's rules. It's not your kingdom. If you want to operate by your own rules, then you need to go out and create your own world. But as long as you are in God's world, where God has set the rules, you must abide by His rules or you become a rebel against His kingdom government.

Obeying the will of God takes priority over satisfying cultural expectations.

A woman who wants to be the head of her home invites the Devil to take over her family. And the Devil has taken over many homes because the wife has refused to submit to the legitimate, biblical authority of her husband. The result is spiritual sickness and dysfunction.

Smokers of the world unite! On t'count o' three, all light up, right? 1-2-3... You've all been cowed. I've changed the law and it's allowed. Try again then. 1-2-3: all light your fags now after me.

You speak differently to your four-year-old daughter than you do to the bank manager.

John Brown, raised by disciplinarians, became one himself.

Lawyers are… the High Priests of America.